Attachment for lamp-chimneys.



P. A. WELLER.

ATTACHMENT FOR LAMP GHIMNEYS. APPLICATION FILED m. 14. m5.

1,137,247. Patented Apr. 21, 1915.

Inventor r 6,. Attorneys PAUL A. WELLER, OF M AITLAND, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR LAMP-CHIMNEYS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application flied January 14, 1915. Serial No. 2,209.

To all 10/: out it 1n ag concern Be it known that 1, PAUL A. WELLER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Maitland, in the county ofHolt and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Attachmentfor Lamp-Chimneys, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for lamp chimneys, its objectbeing to provide a sim 1e, durable and efficient support which can lieapplied readily to an ordinary lamp chimney and which operates to holdsmall utensils, such as pans, cups or the like above the chimney so thatthe contents thereof may be heated readily.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accom anying drawin the preferred form of t is invention has ienshown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attachment inposition, the chimney being shown in section and a poition of areceptacle being indicated by dotted lines upon the attachment. Fig. 2is a plan view of the attachment. Fig. 8 is a section through theattachment on the line A-B Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference C designates aportion of a lamp chimney, the same being adapted to receive theattachment constituting the present invcntion. This attachment ispreferabl made of two lengths of s ring wire, each length being doubledor fo dad at its center and the intermediate or folded portion of saidlength being twisted together as at 1 to form 'a stem from which arms 2radiate. These arms merge into hangers 3 the upper ends of which arebent outwardly as at 4 to form chimney engaging shoulders and from theseshoulders project upwardly converging fingers 5 the upper ends of whichmerge into radially extendin supporting stems 6 the terminals of whicare preferably bent upwardly and inwardly as shown at 7 so as to providerests for enga ement with a receptacle R to be heated. t will be notedthat the fingers 5 are not secured together at their upper ends but arefree to be moved apart so as thus to increase the distances between therests 7, thereby to adapt the support for use in connection withutensils or rece tacles of different sizes. Furthermore as t e entireattachment is made up preferably of spring wire, it will be seen thatwhen the same is inserted into a chimney C, the hangers 3 will pressoutwardly against the chimney and the shoulders 4 will thus be held inengagement with the upper end of the chimney so that the attachment willbe properly supported. This attachment will not obstruct the draftthrough the chimney as the products of combustion and hot gases will befree to flow between the fingers 5 and against the bottom of the racetacle R. Furthermore the attachment wil not obscure the light.

What is claimed is An attachment for lamp chimneys and the like,comprisin separate folded resilient wires, the folde portions of thewires being twisted together to form a stem, said wires being bent toprovide radial arms at the upper end of the stem, hangers integral withthe arms for engaging the inner surface of the upper portion of thechimney, outstanding chimney engaging ortions or shoulders integral withthe angers, upwardly converging fingers extending from said shoulders,and radially disposed supporting stems projecting from the respectivefingers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence 'of two witnesses.

PAUL A. WELLER.

Witnesses:

M. W. BRU'MBAUGH, R. J. Mnanows.

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